History of the Young Art Institute in Education

The Young Arts Institute has a history of service to young people that exceeds nineteen years. The Institute started on the campus of Paul Quinn College and is now making its Chessclasses available to area schools to enhance their In-School and After-Schoolprograms.For the pass Fifteen years the Young Art Institute has provided In-School andAfter-School chess classes to seventy DISD Schools and has introduced more thaneight thousand students to the game and chess opportunities. Twenty-nine of the Young Art Institute In Education Students have won prestigious scholarships to attend the Universities of North Texas, Dallas campus and Denton campus. Additionally five of our students have won scholarships to the University of Texas at Dallas.